Therapy Services

The Children's Home of Cincinnati

The Children's Home of Cincinnati provides school based behavioral health services to students at Hughes STEM High School. These services include face to face individual and family counseling sessions, diagnostic assessments, crisis intervention, and case management. In addition to school based counseling, Children's Home provides additional mental health supports such as medication management, counseling for caregivers, and programs for adolescents dealing with substance use. Many of their services are reimbursable through Medicaid. They also accept certain private insurance.

If you notice warning signs as listed below and are interested in referring your child to The Children's Home, please contact our Hughes team at 513-363-7724 to complete a referral over the phone. Referrals can also be obtained and completed by staff members at Hughes. Please make sure the form is fully completed before it is turned in. Once they obtain a completed referral, The Children's Home team from Hughes will contact the parent to schedule an intake/assessment before counseling can begin.

Excessive dieting or binging, extreme fear of body image/changes with lack of evidence

Intense anxiety impacting functioning

Low academic performance

Sudden or gradual changes in functioning/presentation

Insecure most of the time, isolation

Extreme conforming and passiveness

Depression, Lack of energy, consistently falling asleep in class

Lack of hygiene

Persistent somatic complaints

Meet our Children's Home therapists at Hughes:

Mahawish Ijaz, MA, LPCMs. Ijaz graduated with a Master's in Mental Health Counseling from the University of Cincinnati, and a Bachelors of Science in Psychology from the University of Colorado in Denver. Ms. Ijaz has experience working with adolescents in helping them develop coping skills in managing anxiety, depression, impulse control and other behavioral issues, trauma and enhancing self-esteem. Ms. Ijaz is passionate about helping adolescents understand their own mental health, promoting change and building their inherent resiliency.Dalia Vaisaite, MA MFTMs. Vaisaite graduated with a MA in a Marriage and Family Therapy from Golden Gate University, and a BA in Psychology from San Francisco State University. Ms. Vaisaite has been practicing therapy for the past 7 years and her experience is in working with adolescents and their families who have experienced emotional, physical, sexual abuse and trauma, and are suffering from depression and anxiety. In the past, Ms. Vaisaite worked with the Juvenile Justice kids and their families providing Functional Family Therapy where most of the kids had conduct and oppositional defiance disorders. Ms. Vaisaite uses strength based, client centered, CBT and holistic (meditation) approaches in her therapy sessions. Ms. Vaisaite is passionate with her work, loves to inspire and motivate youth to help improve their school and home functioning.